Wah Wah Goes the Clavinet

[@sashaSwetlowski]

Instantly takes me back to mid 70s Harlem. And I’ve never been to Harlem, and I never lived in the 70s.

[@mcdosia420]

This comment had me Rollin around man!

[@apexone5502]

😆😆😆

[@kaustik185]

underrated comment. Leather Pants with Contrast Colour Flares anyone?

[@devinthierault]

He is being the hell outta From Harlem

[@LaidBlackGroup]

😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️

[@Shifsabre]

We're reaching levels of funk that shouldn't be possible

[@Sir.C]

Speed it up. The funk gets funkier

[@FRANCOC3]

@@Sir.C x1.25 so good

[@christopherpreciado7578]

@@FRANCOC3oh wow!

[@Liam_mcmahon]

The problem is the video is now shorter 😢

[@n0xure]

Yeah, my cat just walked in room wearing sunglasses

[@Targoon_Music]

the ultimate funk keyboard indeed

[@gregorycoulson4174]

No. You are the ultimate funk keyboard

[@Targoon_Music]

@@gregorycoulson4174 no sir i insist for you to be the ultimate funk keyboard

[@Gluttonite]

May I suggest you are equal funkers?

[@rjbubba203]

@@GluttoniteTHERE CAN BE ONLY ONE

[@portcreditswag]

you're a bird@@gregorycoulson4174

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

You almost made me forget that these things are difficult to afford and difficult to keep maintained if you could. Definitely makes me want one.

[@erikobanani]

They are very expensive to buy, but pretty easy and cheap to maintain really. You can buy a refurb kit for like 400 usd and your good for 10 years+

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Very interesting. Thank you, @@erikobanani.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@erikobananiyeah, less difficult and more just tedious. If you thought replacing guitar strings was tedious, enjoy doing it over ten times more and then tuning them all!

[@erikobanani]

@@kaitlyn__L sure, but you wont have to do it often

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@erikobanani that’s true haha. An annoying weekend once a decade or so

[@BraeburnTV]

when you don’t have enough money for your pizza delivery but luckily there is another way to pay

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

How does this have 35 likes and no replies? It sounds exactly like what you’re describing

[@ringerlafinger6031]

Honestly this should be the title of this piece.

[@FGCLovesYou]

Venmo? …Cash App?

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

@@FGCLovesYou you know what he’s talking about bro.

[@rexjolles]

you know shit's about to go down when the pizza delivery boy has a magnum pi moustache and sideburns that go down to his jawline

[@PatonMacD]

Its nice to hear this song without people breathing heaving and moaning over it.

[@Machosause]

What song Is it

[@sgtjonzo]

​@@Machosauseit's a joke about porn

[@Machosause]

@@sgtjonzo oh

[@afonsodeportugal]

@@Machosause ooh la la!

[@chillpillology]

⁠@@Machosauseisn’t it bow chicka wow wow

[@hadencluno2329]

Let me add my 2 cents: This groove is priceless! Loved it! Thank you for making my day, the funky way!

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

*HADENCLUNO2329 HAS SPOKEN!*

[@YungDoujin]

The kind of improv that sends you back in time 😭

[@stevepirtle588]

If you really want the "seventies" sound use an auto wah and a wah wah pedal together. Played behind a keyboard player in the late seventies doing that and it was funk central.

[@stevieb8560]

I knew there would be some idiot like you commenting how you know better than this guy, and "what people really should do". There's always one in the crowd

[@customjohnny]

Great! Which goes first?

[@stevepirtle588]

If my rusty memory serves I think it was auto wah then wah then amp. He was from West Virginia and really funked it up. I was recently going through some old cassette recording and found a poor copy of him playing Superstitious and a funky ending to Long Train Runnin. @@customjohnny

[@ernst-filipmichel9744]

Upload it one day

[@stevepirtle588]

I will try. It is pretty embarrassing for me. And the tape is slightly sped up giving it the quintessential chipmunk sound on the vocals. I'll run it through reaper and if doesn't creep me out I will up load. @@ernst-filipmichel9744

[@afonsoserro6834]

you know this guy is serious when he has 7 mu trons just laying there

[@nuthinbutlove]

That!

[@Andyg2g]

Noob here. What exactly are mu trons and what do they do?

[@afonsoserro6834]

@@Andyg2g they are phaser the pedals , this guys has 7. But they’re not original, I think they are just DIY clone kits

[@kpbassy]

Ikr? Even if they are clones that is a lot of money!

[@andrijapusic]

@@afonsoserro6834 these are not phasers, these are "auto-wah" or "envelope filter" pedals

[@GTX1123]

Totally 1972 Superfly. In 73 there was this cat who drove around my hood in an El Dorado even more pimped out than the one in the movie. Peace signs over the headlights, white shag dash but his had an illuminated hood ornament. He wore a broad brimmed pink hat, giant sunglasses, gold chain and had the groove in this video blaring from an 8 track. Those were the days

[@MightyFineMan]

This is some mighty fine funk that truly infects the soul in a wonderful way. This is a fantastic tone. Also a combination I have never heard before, at least not consciously.

[@ArtemisV94]

the slap bass of keys

[@nickbarber2080]

Your daily recommended dose of funk in less than two minutes.

[@DaltonKevinM]

I listen to music while I work. I set this to loop, but being only 2 minutes long I must have listened to this for way more than twice, but it makes such excellent background music I couldn't begin to guess how long I have been listening to this.

[@dundun8640]

I just put this on loop and walk around my house. Best time i've had in a long time.

[@julesrulkens8886]

That was incredibly funky! Reminds me a bit of old Herbie in the 70s

[@superpieton]

That Starsky & Hutch vibe is strong...

[@blastfromthepast-o1d]

Huggy's theme. RIP David Soul.

[@ldvno87]

That Mu-Tron collection would make Bootsy proud

[@jairkerker2821]

A lost art? Not anymore! Thanks for showing this awesome skill and played with the exact attitude with which it ought to be done, and the gear to match.

[@Leviathandk]

You should check out Lachy Doley

[@jairkerker2821]

@@Leviathandk Thanks, I appreciate that!

[@Leviathandk]

@@jairkerker2821 no problemo. Do let me know what you think. I was blown away by his live version of "use me".

[@jairkerker2821]

@@Leviathandk Which version of Use Me do you recommend listening to: the version live at broadbeach, live at Bosuil (Holland, where I live) or live at Mitchell Creek?

[@jairkerker2821]

@@Leviathandk As a drummer I noticed that blues is often served per evening rather than the occasional song. Somehow blues always seemed to attract musicians who'd rather just play most songs in the same key, E, and the remaining ones in drop D so the lead guitar player can concentrate on looking cool while phoning in the same notes in a different order. It's a boring hour or two and even if you like boring, two hours of the same loud frequencies bouncing between plate glass windows, a tile floor and radiators wears your ears down. American and English culture seemed more competitive where Holland prefers lenience, especially when a band is formed around looks and talent. This is something else though. Small combo's supporting a remarkable talent make it look as if it's a deceptively easy, enjoyable gig. But there's room for tension, silence, blissful constraint and communication is vital. The things I like about jazz combo's, it's lively. Like his drummer I'd love to just kinda autopilot and being directed and entertained. Never saw a whammy like that, let alone the skill and inspiration. Puzzled by the big moves he has to make to work it; a fresh visual spectacle for sizable audiences to watch though, where keyboard players generally are the least animate object on any stage.

[@BertGrink]

Hohner's Clavinet D6 is one of the best sounding keyboards ever, in my opinion.

[@christopherpederson1021]

let’s say it, between rhodes and clav they were truly special instruments

[@m.vanveen685]

I'm seventyone now and never would have believed that I could find NEW music which I like. But this is beautiful! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MultidimensionalSentinel]

It's always a good time for some funky Clavinet!

[@sandrasanders706]

Reminds me of every 70's urban shows on TV!

[@MultiPetercool]

Shades of “Outta Space”by the legendary Billy Preston! I need to see a version with DAW instruments! 👍👍👍

[@cdbynbwrbq]

ееееее, не хватает такой музыки в современной культуре! Это же потрясающе! Как же круто звучит

[@FlowJunkie65]

Gosh, this brings back some fond memories for me. Circa 1976, one of my friends owned a D6 and I owned a Rhodes Stage 88, and he lent me his D6 for a blues gig at the Ice House in Pasadena, CA. With a Mu-Tron that D6 sounded so wicked that it inspired me to take some off-the-hook solos, which the folks at the venue complimented me on. The band absolutely killed. Great memory.

[@jackstraw1634]

Damn boy, that's talent! Playing both bass line, & lead!!..with such funk.. Awesome

[@BrutusMayhem567]

The sound of the 70's. all I think of is bell bottoms and afros when I hear that sound. love it.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

A whole album of this on Bandcamp please. Awesome!

[@nothing-b2n]

Omg,,,this is my favorite keyboard sound,,,I'm in hopeless love with this

[@McCavity2]

Man that‘s funky, I could listen to it for hours! ❤

[@thewhy13]

sheeeeesh 😱i had to to get my bass to jamm with this...... this was fire bro i didnt know u need so many pedals to make this sound!!

[@chammssss6919]

Thanks! Only a Vox V487-A for this video. All the other pedals are not being used for this.

[@brianjdillon]

Unless they are those new wireless pedals that don't exist I don't see how that is even possible

[@goonfish]

​@@brianjdillon hypothetically you could use wireless transceivers with batteries to send/recieve an I/O daisychain (something like what CWE does with their WIDI stuff, or in RF applications), but they'd likely be robust enough in the real-world that we'd see them.

[@thewhy13]

@@chammssss6919 oh thanks for the clarification 😅,i looked it up this v487 and i find it very similar to the cry baby one, but this one is happy XD love it

[@brianjdillon]

Hypothetically I am Christ incarnate but I hear you, bro. I dunno if you lend any credence to Page McConnell but I'm getting some serious late 90s Phish funk improv vibes after the obvious Billy Preston and Herbie Hancock types come to mind. Sounds super gooey, my dude!

[@kryptoniterazor]

Sick tone, nasty licks, beautiful instrument. Nice jam!

[@roxandlol_1272]

The intro made me instantly scrunch up my face. I was vibing hard. That tone so stanky, Venus' atmosphere can't compare to it !

[@МихаилПронге]

Ты был на Венере?!

[@nickangel6596]

Absolute Sly and the Family Stone. Very, very nice

[@bradjohnson9671]

That was epic! I liked this stuff back in the day and still do! Fresh from some funky 70's move sound track..

[@SenJenko]

My favorite instrument You are very skilled

[@YogsenForfoth]

Put this on 1.25x playback speed. My god, it becomes absolutely legendary. I am quite literally at a loss for words right now. 😳

[@hammerheadtheseawing3263]

Sounds like an epic guitar/bass duet

[@michaellinnehan9589]

It just becomes a Herbie Hancock jam

[@Eve.with.a.Y]

reminds me of some king gizz stuff at that pace

[@thebmxband1t]

Possibly the greatest ringtone in the entire history of ever!!!😜😜😜

[@feelgoodbgm]

You really have an enviable touch! It's a delight to both my eyes and ears:) Thank you!👍🏻

[@SC9750-r3w]

That is top shelf FUNK!!!! Cool little jam!!!!

[@RemyRAD]

Well that was very cool and Funky. Love those old Clavin net's. And with the Wawa pedal. Such a classic Funk Sound. And you played that, so well. It made me wonder. Are they in their 70s? You got it down so well. And I should know about Funk. I grew up in Detroit starting in the mid-1950s and throughout the 60s. And my daddy who was a violinist in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Also played. Plenty of sessions. Over at Motown and United Sound Systems Studios. And he disliked the stuff. I fell in love with it. And I'm just one of those white Jewish kids. From Detroit.. Where we created Funk and R&B. It was all thanks to those Detroit automotive assembly lines. That we got Funk, George Clinton, Parliament,, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley, so many others. Such great music. I've never recorded enough Funk. Rock 'n' roll. Sure. Lots of jazz. Sure. Plenty of Gospels. Sure.. Plenty of operas, sure. Plenty of Blues you betcha. While there is nothing like Funk but Funk Itself. Keep it coming! RemyRAD

[@dylanmcgarry1221]

As a guitar player this makes keys seem fun and interesting!

[@trekkingwithtony]

Smoother than an otter in a velvet suit😎

[@stevejordan7275]

The fact that he's using two hands suggests to me that - to do this on a guitar - you'd have to have a second guitarist, or be tapping, which didn't really get a lot of exposure until the late '80s. But wow, is this wonderful. I first got exposed to music like this in a 1973 Czech-produced film called Fantastic Planet, which was *way* ahead of its time. Still holds up nicely today, well worth a watch.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Not necessarily. The intervals between the strings on the guitar usually means that most basic chords are easier to do with spread voicings that would require a keyboard player to use both hands. Most guitar chords extend the triad above and below the basic triad, so the octave below the root and the fifth are usually present in some form above and below the triad, with only 'c' and 'g' shaped chords consistently starting with their simple triad as the lowest of the notes (which are often extended with the higher octave to use the top strings as well because simple triads on guitar sound pretty dull) With the right arrangements it's perfectly doable for a guitar player to do stuff like this by periodically muting the chords and introducing a bit of a bass line in between the accents.

[@stevejordan7275]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090Hm. As a board-certified non-guitar player, I find myself well and thoroughly persuaded. It certainly *sounded* like a skilled guitar solo, and not the guitar equivalent of the Diva Plavalaguna. Thanks for the enlightenment!

[@johnselig8261]

Far out! Love the sound and the groove! Drummer in Vegas...

[@vondahe]

That is SO cool! I was convinced disco was dead - but no. ❤ Had I not seen your white arms and the keyboard, I would have bet it was a brother with a two foot in diameter Afro playing this on his bass guitar.

[@BillyBlaze7]

that run you did starting a 42 sec in was just golden....fantastic playing

[@chocolatewafles]

It feels like im driving dodge charger in driver San Francisco and it feels amazing. Very cool playing!

[@raven-music]

Driver San Francisco :)

[@mikebon8352]

Takes me back to, reminds me of early 70s and black funk records.. 👍

[@aaronjaben7913]

beautiful funky clavi!

[@peteytwofinger]

love that one ! been in love with that sound for a long time . i noticed the guy Garth Hudson from the BAND doing that on cripple creek . he was the first guy to do this , before stevie wonder recorded superstitious .

[@Ivan.8067]

Realmente dá vontade de pegar meu baixo e fazer uma jam !!! Muito bom de ouvir ! 👉👏👏👏👏👍🏻

[@nicholasbalette6354]

That ' s craftsmanship and musicianship, well done 👏

[@kennyblackbird5674]

Groovy man, groovy!

[@DrShempTV]

man, i love the Gruff Detective Duo From New York in 1973 Show

[@gamagames4311]

Hill climb racing if it had a good OST

[@cromulence]

top kek

[@lubormrazek5545]

Damn I just love old keyboards like this

[@royroger1984]

this sound is always an eargasm! well done!

[@jussiniemi9560]

That sounds soooo good! Love it!

[@migzz7976]

Sounds like a funky jam to me! Keep it rolling next time, get some percussion breaks in there too and that mu tron collection!🙌🏽

[@NicholasSandar]

Dear god… it’s beautiful!

[@iamsushi1056]

that sounds amazing! Also, holy cow, that's a lot of Nu-Tron 3's.

[@victorvanleeuwen9424]

Why can't I find anything about this pedal? What is it?

[@jasondodt4328]

Love how your fingers dance on the keyboard and dig the groove!

[@nasiranwar9776]

Superb. I wish this was a lot longer.

[@PabloGarcia-sf7bn]

That setup reeks of polyester leisure suits and fine Columbian! Greetings from New Mexico!

[@carterwilliams5202]

This is incredible!

[@MapexMiata]

This hit me on a spiritual level

[@Mrcabe]

For some reason i want to get in to the pimp game

[@BlenDeR619]

Man, the fuzz on those chords sound so good!

[@erickjason9092]

Nothing beats that sound. Brings me back to when ALL popular music was good.

[@Nichi-Ji]

ALL popular music has never been good

[@erickjason9092]

Congratulations! You win the prize for one of the stupidest statements I ever heard. @@Nichi-Ji

[@Nichi-Ji]

@@erickjason9092 I’d like to thank the academy for this gracious award. I’d also like to thank my family, without your generous support over the years I never would have made it to where I am now. All the teachers in my life who have gifted me with their knowledge and advice also deserve mentioning for they too have received this award with me as the culmination of their knowledge. This is truly a great honor and a tremendous day🙇🏽‍♂️

[@vap8978]

Thought I was listening to headhunters for a minute. Amazing playing

[@ileryon4019]

the "I can't believe it wasn't a guitar I was hearing!" instrument.

[@chadwicksoogrim5407]

That sound reminds me of my seventies day bruh, good job, keep on funkin 👍👍

[@AlexLomaev]

Priceless instrument. :)

[@onnaquest]

Love that sound

[@filcobra]

Oh, boy, that is funky! Nice!

[@ironmikesims]

Damn, this is one of the funkiest things I've heard in a while. Good stuff.

[@frederikqu7717]

The video started and I thought WHOOOO nice groove! I thought thats it, that it just continues like that. But then 00:10 came :0

[@simbad307]

70's US TV cop show, ❤️

[@travishouse5988]

I think the Clav is Stevie Wonder’s favorite instrument!

[@rustyneuron]

Play "Use Me" by Bill Withers! I love playing that one; such a good clavi at beginning.

[@RickyTinez]

wooooooo this is on fiiirreee!!!!

[@peterresetz1960]

That's some real serious waka waka going on there with that little ditty played.

[@Zoltan-sb2hh]

Nagyon jó hangzás! ❤

[@bretthess6376]

ZOLTAN!

[@elysivm_]

sounding exactly like some gran turismo BGM. and i’m here for it.

[@jah-ir]

Sounds great! Really cool 👍🍀

[@rockincsm0142]

This put a big smile on my face 😎

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Always wished these had a greater range. It's nice to have the controls right there tho. I use VST but it's not the same.

[@portcreditswag]

you're not a game changer anyways

[@glennlopez6772]

So cool! Really in sync with his organ! Wish I could add the wah wah effect to my text comment to sound savy! Thanks for the video!

[@ElementalAer]

He's groovin

[@jayrussell3796]

That coukd actually be a hit! Reminds me something Stevie Wonder would play and sing on.

[@guitarplayernoteworthy2857]

NOW THAT IS AS FUNKY AS IT GET’S!!!

[@keithmccormack6248]

Like penicillin!

[@josheldridge8546]

bless you, op, for this heaping helping of badly needed funk on a funkless weekend.

[@Goodman_contents_and_others]

This is a BANGER!!!

[@MisterRorschach90]

Imagine how beautiful it would be to have all those pedals inside that keyboard. Or even just a custom keyboard topper with the effects inside using the same finish. Make all the push buttons flip switches or something. Put an echorec at the end with the rotor sticking out.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Oh yeah let the 70s in...what up Holmes? Hahaha...dig it brother

[@SpaghettiEnterprises]

Love the 9 volts just chillin'

[@User_8847]

Funk level 9000

[@pablorivero1329]

SOOO NICE BUDDY. CONGRATS!! LONG LIFE TO MUSIC.